title: Enzyme immunoassay for the identification of hemoglobin variants.
abstract: We have prepared monospecific antibodies to Hbs D-Los Angeles, J-Baltimore, O-Arab and J-Paris-I and developed an enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) for their identification in hemolysates. Hbs in adult or cord blood hemolysates were coated to the wells of microtiter plates and reacted with the appropriate antisera followed by the detection system which contains anti-rabbit IgG/peroxidase conjugate and the substrate tetramethylbenzidine. Sixty-nine samples were tentatively considered to contain the above hemoglobin variants by isoelectrofocusing and the identity of 83% of them was confirmed by ELISA. Some of the non-reacting hemolysates were shown by amino acid sequence analysis to contain Hbs Korle-Bu, D-Ibadan, G-Copenhagen and the new variant Chandigarh. This ELISA offers specificity and simplicity for the confirmatory identification of hemoglobin variants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moscoso
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kiefer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shyamala
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Garver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006448:Hemoglobin J / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D007106:Immune Sera; D006448:Hemoglobin J; C026237:hemoglobin D Punjab; C030639:hemoglobin J Baltimore; C049661:hemoglobin J-Paris; C032031:hemoglobin Arab